The state chronicle., 1887-11-10
THE WELDON FAIR.
s'Rain, Hail. Shine or SnOw,o Where it
Will, the Elements Always Smile on
Weldon.
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Weldon.
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WELDON, n. c., Nov. 5, 1SS7.-Raleigh
may be deluged by rain and its exhibits
dampened by the Fair. Hickory and Colds
boro, Tarboro and Fayetteville may suffer
from bad weather on Fair week, but at
Weldon-never. lido not know that there
is any combination between the weather
clerk and Weldon, but l have never seen
the Weldon Fair injured by rain. From
this circumstance | have come TO believe
that the Weather Prophets have a monop-
oily of good weather for this Fair. And
they deserve it.
Some weeks ago, when all those who
were interested in the success of the sew
eral Fairs held in the State were prognos-
ticating about the weather, gentleman
inquired, ''Hello, Mr.. CHRONICLE: Tell Us
when we may expect good weather.
paused, took out my Court and Fair
calandar, and replied, 1.-The Weldon Fair
will be held Nov End and 5th inclusive" :"
and started to go.
81 didn't ask you the date of holding
the Weldon Fair, " replied my interlocuter,
II asked when we could expect good
weather."
s!it's the saline thing" was my reply
''The Weldon Fair always has good wealth
cI, dIlu IclS upon IL ulOTt CO1lIOtutiy
than upon Turner's Almanac"
Well, l was right. The weather was the
mild and glorious Autumn days. The al
tendance was large, as it always is. The
exhibits numbered l,6l6-and | saw the
same KIND Of quilts l have been seeing
there time out of mind. There were hogs
that grunted AS loud, cattle that lowed as
| lonesomely, buggies that shined rs bright
ly, pumpkins that were as yellow and re
minded oue as much OF Thanksgiving day,
et cetera, as usual. l might say that ''Mr.
John Smith, the most noted planter On the
Roanoke, and the father of the prettiest
daughter in Eastern North Carolina eX-
| hihited the finest pair of horses, his wife
| the best jelly, pickles, &c, and his daugh-
| ter the most beautiful fancy work, &c, y but
| have nothing against Mr.. John Smith.
| don't want to do him any harm, and if he
will promise never to do it again, l will
pass him by this time ''unwept, unhonor
ed and unsung," and imputed by the
newspaper.
But it is the people and not the exhibits
that make a Fair. Thursday is usually the
big day at Fair 1t was not so at Wei
don this year. Friday was
The Big Day.
It was the big day because there wer,
1000 people on the grounds, and becaus,
Gov Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia, address
ed the assembled multitude. This wa
the day for the re union of the old soldiers
and they We're here, Father Abraham
and no mistake about it.
The arrival of Gov. Lee upon the ground
was the signal for great enthusiasm
Yells and hurrahs went up from 5000
throats-and not weak lungin the Who'll,
company. Gov. Lee made a brief speech
hn i,,t,. fill IL
State Auditor Gen. Roberts. He said tha
recently it devolved upon him to appoin
a Commissioner to act with North Caro-
! llna's Commissioners to settle the boundar,
line BET ween North Carolina and Virginia
The rela' ions-close and fraternal-exist
ing between the people of the two State
made it only necessary redtape task, III
said. He alluded touchingly to the days O
the war-its causes and fruits-and urge(
a turning away from repinings for tn
losses. With faces turned to the rising sur
he predicted great things for the South.
When he had concluded, an old Con
federate-still loving the Lost Cause an,
the proposed ''three Cheers $50
Fitz Hugh Lee, Governor of Virginia an,
next President of the United States.
They were given with vimi Hip, hip
hurrahi
We cannot compliment the Fair AssO
citation for having so much gambling goin
on. The Association may think it
alright so long as it puts money in th
treasury, but it seems to me that the
ought also to think that it is not right t
allow any set of sharpers and swindlers t
go into the Fair Grounds for the purpos
Of robhing and cheating the ignorant an
unsuspecting. THE unfair Fair gambler
must go.-EDITOR.
The balls given at the Atlantic Hotel a
night during the Fair were occasions c
much pleasure.
The Fair throughout was success:
The Secretary-Mr. W. W. Hall says ths
the receipts will pay all the expenses, SCI
tie all the debts, and pay dividend
the stock holders. Mr.. Hall is the abl
and popular editor of the Roanoke News
, He has demonstrated the fact that he is
good lawyer, good editor, and good Fa
manager. Nobody rejoices more over th
success of the Fair than the CHRONICLE
representative.